Upcoming Events

September 28, 2023

AASHTO Safety Summit

Location: Kansas City

Conference Date: October 17-19

Event website: MEETING SUMMARY – 2023 AASHTO Safety Summit and Joint Meeting of the Committee on Safety, Council on Active Transportation, and Committee on Planning (cvent.com)

Event description: Safety throughout the State DOT and Project Life Cycle. The objective of the summit is to identify opportunities to institutionalize explicit consideration of safety throughout state DOT decisions and activities. Through interactive sessions, attendees will help develop an AASHTO action plan that will disseminate current noteworthy practices and prioritize the development of additional tools and other resources needed to support an evolution toward a more safety-focused transportation system.

The summit will highlight state examples from the planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance phases of projects, with common themes including consideration of all road users; incorporating principles of the safe system approach; performance management; data and analysis; and other common challenges and needs. Poster sessions will highlight innovative thinking in safety across DOT disciplines.

AASHTO Annual Meeting

Location: Indianapolis, IN

Conference: November 13-26

Event website: HOME – 2023 AASHTO Annual Meeting & Expo (cvent.com)

Event description: The AASHTO Annual Meeting, one of the transportation industry’s most important conferences of the year, brings together experts from the public and private sector to share the latest in industry policy and innovation. Attendees will have the opportunity to network with fellow transportation professionals and contribute to discussions on a wide range of issues facing the industry today and tomorrow. The meeting will also host several AASHTO committees, as well as the Board of Directors, where members will set their priorities for the coming year.